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What better medium for catharsis than art? Students, faculty and staff at UBC strove to overcome the pandemic’s dullness with artistic pursuits ranging from dance to crocheting.
Natural selection is an evolutionary mechanism describing population-wide change which happens as certain traits offer a non-random advantage for reproductive success.
At the start of the pandemic, I found solace in attending classes in my pajamas and trying my hand at baking. The sudden stillness that had enveloped me was comforting and — dare I say — blissful.
when the world stopped, we connected in the one place we still could
A dull headache began banging in my skull during my family’s Christmas party. Soon after, my throat ached with irritation and my sinuses had become a desert. I had COVID-19.
UBC Esports Association’s Discord server doubled its users during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The timing of UBC’s decisions around in-person and online schooling, specifically this academic year, has been particularly tricky for immunocompromised students to navigate.
It was the feeling you get when you start falling while dreaming, or when your stomach drops and you feel like something is about to go terribly, terribly wrong.
March 13, 2020 I hosted a party for my sister’s eighteenth birthday Red cups laden to the brim with sticky, peachy liquid
The Ubyssey explored how social isolation can influence our mental health and wellbeing, shedding light on one of the unprecedented pitfalls of pandemic living.
Sometimes I think that I caused the pandemic.
When it was winter And the world stopped Did I know then where I wasn’t?
Recent incidents of racial discrimination involving Campus Security and the RCMP and police brutality against BIPOC individuals have sparked a conversation around what a safe community means.
But I’ll tell you all the truth: TikTok made me politically conscious.